In today’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you, too, might be confused by the clue “Button-up or button-down.” If you’re struggling to find the answer to this clue from the Oct. 1 NYT crossword puzzle, you’ll find it below.

It’s only one word. Screenshot by Dot Esports via the NYT

• Hint 1: It starts with an “S.”
• Hint 2: It contains only one vowel.
• Hint 3: It ends with a “T.”
• Hint 4: It rhymes with “skirt.”

The answer to the “Button-up or button-down” clue from the Oct. 1 NYT Mini Crossword puzzle is “SHIRT.” Shirts are one of the many pieces of clothing that require you to use buttons to fasten or unfasten one side of the item to the other. Some of these shirts are called button-ups, and others are called button-downs. And there is a difference between these two. A button-up shirt has no buttons on the collar, and a button-down shirt has small buttons to keep the collar in place.